Table 6.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2005

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Blood Type Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 332 385 429 483 499 617 666 704 793 851
Deaths 6 4 16 9 7 19 13 19 25 31
Rate 31.9 18.3 67.3 35.3 25.5 54.6 33.4 45.6 52.8 61.0
O Patients 154 176 187 226 216 284 317 344 377 384
Deaths 2 2 8 2 2 8 7 7 15 15
Rate 22.4 19.3 74.5 17.3 16.5 48.6 37.0 34.1 65.4 62.5
A Patients 126 154 178 189 211 248 253 260 300 344
Deaths 2 1 7 5 4 10 3 12 8 10
Rate 29.0 11.8 71.2 48.6 36.0 74.8 21.1 78.7 46.4 50.6
B Patients 42 44 52 55 57 69 80 83 95 92
Deaths 2 1 - 1 - - 2 - 2 2
Rate 81.1 39.0 - 32.6 - - 39.0 - 34.0 34.5
AB Patients 10 11 12 13 15 16 16 17 21 31
Deaths - - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 4
Rate - - 208.2 187.5 148.4 139.8 150.9 - - 324.0


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.